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Anorectal Mpox in men who have sex with men associated with sexually transmitted co-infections: a case series
  1. Annie Russell1,
  2. Mohammed Siddiq2,
  3. Colin Fitzpatrick1,
  4. Daniel Richardson1,2
  1. 1 Sexual Health & HIV, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK
  2. 2 Department of Global Health & Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Daniel Richardson, Sexual Health & HIV, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK; daniel.richardson7@nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2023-055906

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    Since May 2022, there has been an outbreak of Mpox in the UK, alongside Europe and the USA, mainly associated with sexual contact among men who have sex with men (MSM).1 The majority of individuals with Mpox experience mild or moderate genital, anorectal and systemic symptoms, followed by complete recovery.1 Overall, published data suggest that 11%–44% of patients present with anorectal symptoms.1–3 In Brighton, we have a large population of MSM and gender diverse people, including ~2500 people using HIV-pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV-PrEP) who access our sexual health clinics. Patients who present with possible Mpox have a detailed sexual history taken and undergo testing for Mpox by PCR, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI), namely Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea using …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

    • Contributors DR designed this study, AR and MS collected the data, MS and DR analysed the data and AR, MS, CF and DR all contributed to the final manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.